Hi Iam using Webrick server WEBrick 1.3.1 ruby 1.8.2 (2004-12-25) [i386-mswin32] WEBrick::HTTPServer#start: pid=1104 port=3000 This is what iam using for my application I am using ferret for search and it search through lot of data so kind of taking some time But problem comes when I hit "stop" button on my browser server still runs in background for that request even after stop button is hit and no futher actions can be performed after that ie, server is not responding to any sort of requestions from then If anyone of you know the problem please let me know It would be a great help for me Thank you -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.